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The Treatise on Man is an unfinished treatise by René Descartes written in the 1630s and published posthumously, firstly in 1662 in Latin, then in 1664 in French by Claude Clerselier. The 1664 edition is accompanied by a short text, The Description of the Human Body and All Its Functions, also known as the Treatise on the Formation of the Foetus, the remarks of Louis La Forge and the translated preface from the Latin edition by Florent Schuyl.

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Treatise on Man

1630 unfinished treatise by René Descartes

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